2030 Net Zero Home Pledge

2030 Net Zero Money Saving Home Pledge!

Challenge Time: Until 2030!
Effectiveness: MASSIVE Impact (11~ tonne CO₂e footprint reduction (Ridiculously Effective)

Question: Do you want to save ~$5,433 per year by 2030 as well as ENERGY INDEPENDENCE? No more retailer bills!?

Benefits: Wealth, Health (Health is Wealth!), Less Energy Bill Stress, Cleaner Lungs

Result: Win/Win

Here it is, the final Carbon Challenge!

Begin with the end in mind!

From now until 2030, it’s likely you will upgrade your home with new gadgets - heating, cooking, hot water etc. We understand it might be too hard to do all at once, though by breaking it into smaller investments, a Net Zero Home is EASILY ACHIEVABLE by 2030!

We’d love you to pledge to upgrade to electric heating, cooking, hot water, solar panels, battery and car when you do, so that you can reap all the financial and health benefits of a Net Zero Home - ~$5,433 a year, not to mention your health!

Moreover, you’ll put your carbon savings on autopilot and you’ll have the financial and physical security benefits of energy independence.

Let’s tuck in…

Start a piggy bank

Think of it like trading a paper clip for a house like old mate (how’s the shirt and hair, haha).

You may already have some spare cash lying around, if not sell something you don’t need or haven’t been using.

Marie Kondo your home to find something that might be another person’s treasure to get your piggy bank going.

If you really want, start a 2030 Net Zero Home ‘Bucket’ in Barefoot Investor style.

This will help you save $$ to buy…

Electric Heating & Air-con

Investment: $600-$1300

Now it’s time to spend money to save money!

This is maybe the easiest win with ~5.9 kWh of energy savings - a solid start!

Split system air-conditioner are around 300–600% efficient, and even up to 1000%!

Rebates: here!

This will help you save $$ to buy…

Electric Cooking

Investment: $600-$3000

Health is Wealth! Save your family’s lungs! The National Asthma Council recommends it!

Apart from medical bills, you won’t have to be paranoid about ever increasing bills in the next oil crisis or Russian invasion

Rebates: here!

Get Ready: Keep/buy pots and pans that a magnet can stick to the bottom of… because, science!

PS You can get single plate induction cooktops for under $100.

This will help you save $$ to buy…

Electric Hot Water

Investment: $600-$3000

Say goodbye to gas bills altogether.

Nothing beats a hot shower, go for 5 stars energy rating if you can. Quality over Quantity as they say!

Hooroo Putin & Co!

Rebates: here!

This will help you save $$ to buy…

Solar Panels

They pay for themselves in 3-5 years, then you get the benefits of free energy for the next 20 or so years.

Loads of Rebates available

PS if you’re in an Apartment Block and want to switch to Renewables though are struggling with body corporates and contracts, we’d love to hear from you!

Rebates: here! (some Renters tips here)

This will help you save $$ to buy a…

Battery

Investment: $1200-$8000

This is where the magic will happen.

This is one of the areas that might be out of reach at the moment though prices are coming down (remember discman prices in 2000!?). Basically you want to set yourself up so that when prices are reasonable for your budget, you can flip your whole home to Electric in one go!

Bi-diretional Charging Battery (where your car can sharge your home!) are starting to hit the market at about $10,000 though should half in price soon - set yourself up to take advantage of this!

Rebates: here!

This will help you save $$ to buy…

Electric Vehicle

Investment: $20k+

Ford’s new F150 Lightning can power your home or your worksite - that’s a free home battery with your car!

2024 Price Parity (where purchase price of EVs will be the same price as fossil fuel cars) is just around the corner, and given all the savings that you’ve made above you’re probably going to be in the window to buy an EV - which your home will be providing free fuel for!

Maybe you’ll get an E-bike, e-motor-bike, or even fit out your old Holden with an EV kit to save that $$ - the choice is yours! Either way, if you’ve got access to solar you won’t be paying for fuel!

Rebates: here - and more coming!

Picture this - it’s now 2030 and you’re saving ~$5,433p.a.!

So, are you ready to take the 2030 Net Zero Home pledge!?

Take the pledge and get a sign for your home, car or business!

Some of these steps you may have already done, some might be more achievable than others and some you may not even need to do - feel free to rearrange to suit your own personal circumstances!

At various stages different parts of your home may be dependent on fossil fuels (ie petrol or energy retailer), remember that eventually you’ll be energy independent though - you just need to commit to setting up to be Net Zero!

You’ll be able to chat confidently at the pub that you’ve been doing your bit to prevent the climate crisis, and all the terrible bushfires, floods, bleachings and cyclones that Australia is tipped to cop (and is already starting to cop!)